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Apply by April 15 for PhD position
Apply to now for an open PhD position working on motor neuroscience in our laboratory. We investigate motor system synapse and circuit function in #Drosophila and apply our models to understand human motor system dysfunction during ageing and in the disorders #ALS, #FTD and #SMA. https://www.epfl.ch/labs/mccabelab/positions/ [image or embed] — McCabe Lab (@mccabelab.org) March 13, (…)
Welcome New Lab Members
Welcome to new lab members Medha, Amin and Rebecca. Delighted to have you join us and work on projects in synaptic plasticity, miniature neurotransmission and neurotransmitter logic.
Congratulations Soumya
Congratulations to Soumya on his new position as senior scientist at Epiterna. We are very happy you are staying in Lausanne and continuing to work on ageing.
Innosuisse article on ALS project
Innosuisse support enables us to develop novel potential gene therapies for the motor neuron disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Read more in this article by Innosuisse about the project.
Well done Wei
Congratulations to Wei on her new position at our neighboring institute of the University of Lausanne – UNIL. We are very happy you are staying in Lausanne and we look forward to collaborating.
Congratulations Jamshid
Congratulations to Jamshid on his new position as Data Manager at Clario. They could not have made a better choice.
Brain ‘noise’ keeps nerve connections young
Nice article by Giorgia Guglielmi on EPFL news about our paper on miniature neurotransmission and ageing.
Minis maintain synapses
Exciting new publication from the lab on miniature neurotransmission and ageing led by Soumya. In the paper we describe a new adult Drosophila motor synaptic terminal NMJ preparation, genetic tools and electrophysiology methods. We use the prep to examine the effects of ageing on motor synapses. We find that synaptic terminal boutons fragment into smaller (…)
New Review by Emma
Graduate student Emma Källstig has published a new review on the links between the NF-κB pathway and the motor neuron disease ALS. Read it here.
Welcome Greta
We are delighted to welcome Greta Limoni to our group as a postdoctoral scientist. Greta received her PhD from the University of Geneva where she worked on understanding interneuron development. Greta now turns her attention to investigating molecular and cellular mechanisms that may contribute to the motor system diseases SMA and ALS.